India, May 16 -- Israel has claimed that it has killed Ezzedin al-Haddad, the leader of the Hamas military wing, whom Tel Aviv calls "one of the architects" of the October 7, 2023, attacks that triggered the almost two-year war in Gaza.

According to the Israeli army statement, Al-Haddad was killed in a strike in Gaza City on Friday. He was reportedly one of the last senior commanders in Hamas' military who had directed the planning and execution of the October 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel.

Hamas and his family confirmed his death to The Associated Press on Saturday. "Senior commander Ezzedin al-Haddad was assassinated in an Israeli strike targeting a residential apartment and a civilian vehicle in Gaza City yesterday," a senior Hamas o...